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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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