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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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