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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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