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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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