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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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