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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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