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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines 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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