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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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