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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important 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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