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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers 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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