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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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