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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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