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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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