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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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