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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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