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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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