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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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