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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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