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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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