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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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