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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes 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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