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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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