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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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