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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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