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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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