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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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