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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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