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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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