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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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