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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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