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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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