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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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