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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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