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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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