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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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