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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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