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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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