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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. 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. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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