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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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