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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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