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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the key 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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