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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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