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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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