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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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