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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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