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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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