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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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