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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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