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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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