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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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