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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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