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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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