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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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