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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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