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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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