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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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