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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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