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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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