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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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