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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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