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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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