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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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