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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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