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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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