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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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