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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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