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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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