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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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