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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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