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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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