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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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