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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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