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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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