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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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