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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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