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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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