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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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