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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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