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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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