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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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