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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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