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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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