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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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