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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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