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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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