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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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