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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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