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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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