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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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