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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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