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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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