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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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