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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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