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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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