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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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