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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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