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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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