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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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