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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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