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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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