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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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