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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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