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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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