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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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