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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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