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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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