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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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