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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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