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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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