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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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