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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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