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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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