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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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