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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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