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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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