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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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