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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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