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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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