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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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