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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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