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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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