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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always 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 distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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