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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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