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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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