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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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