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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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