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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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