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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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