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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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