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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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