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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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