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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning enable students all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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