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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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