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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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