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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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