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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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