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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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