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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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