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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What 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 participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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