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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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