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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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