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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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