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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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