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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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