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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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