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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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