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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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