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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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