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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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