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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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