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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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