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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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