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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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