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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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