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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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