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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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