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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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