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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions 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 educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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