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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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