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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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