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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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