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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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