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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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