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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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