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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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