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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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