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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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