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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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