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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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