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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major 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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