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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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