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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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