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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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