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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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