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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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