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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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