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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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