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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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