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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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