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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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