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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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