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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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