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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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