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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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