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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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