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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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