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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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