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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes 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 MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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