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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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