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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business 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 manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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