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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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