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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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