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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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