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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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