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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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