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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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