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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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