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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers 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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