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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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