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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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