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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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