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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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