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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. 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 classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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