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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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