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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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