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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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