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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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