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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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