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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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