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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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