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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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