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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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