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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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