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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the 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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