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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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