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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning enable people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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