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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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