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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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