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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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