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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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