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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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