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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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