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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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