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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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