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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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