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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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