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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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