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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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