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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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