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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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