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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are free for learners 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 variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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