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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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