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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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