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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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