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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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