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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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