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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the 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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