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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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