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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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