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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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