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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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