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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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