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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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