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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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