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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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