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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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