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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always 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 variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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