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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the most important 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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