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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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