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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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