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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching 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 evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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