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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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