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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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