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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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