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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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