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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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