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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches 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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