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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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