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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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