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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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