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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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