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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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