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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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