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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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