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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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