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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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