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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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