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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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