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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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