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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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