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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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