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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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