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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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