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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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