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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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