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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the dramatic 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 investigates the key 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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