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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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