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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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