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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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