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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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