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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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