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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education ventures. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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