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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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