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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)