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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews 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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