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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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