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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important 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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