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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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