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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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