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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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