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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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