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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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