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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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