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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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