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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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