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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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