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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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