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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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