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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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