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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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