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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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