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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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