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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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