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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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