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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning have enabled learners all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not 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 topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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