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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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