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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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