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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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