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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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