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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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