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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology enable students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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