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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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