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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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