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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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