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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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