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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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