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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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