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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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