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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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