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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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