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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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