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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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