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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources