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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. 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 massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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