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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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