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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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