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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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