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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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