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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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