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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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