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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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