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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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