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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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