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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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