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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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