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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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