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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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