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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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