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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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