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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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