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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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