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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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