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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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