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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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