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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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