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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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