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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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