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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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