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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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