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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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