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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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