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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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