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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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