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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important 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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