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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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