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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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