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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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