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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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