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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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