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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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