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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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