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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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