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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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