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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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