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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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