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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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