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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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