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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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