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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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