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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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