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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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