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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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