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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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