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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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