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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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