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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning enable students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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