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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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