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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education