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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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