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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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