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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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