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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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