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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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