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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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