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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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