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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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