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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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