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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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