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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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