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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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