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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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