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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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