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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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