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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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