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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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