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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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