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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major 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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