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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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