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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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