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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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