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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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