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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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