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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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