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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes 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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