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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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