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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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