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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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