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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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