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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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