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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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