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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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