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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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