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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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