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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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