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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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