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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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