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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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