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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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