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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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