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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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