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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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