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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around 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. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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