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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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