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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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