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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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