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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different 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 participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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