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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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