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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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