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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology enable humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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