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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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