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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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