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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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