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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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