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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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