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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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