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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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