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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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