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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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