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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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