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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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