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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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