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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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