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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the major 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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