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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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