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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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