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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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