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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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