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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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