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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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