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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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