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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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