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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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