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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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