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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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