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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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