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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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