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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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