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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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