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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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