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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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