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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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