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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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