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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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