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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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