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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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