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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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