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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with 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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