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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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