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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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