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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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