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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand these new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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