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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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