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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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