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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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