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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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