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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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