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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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