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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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