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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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