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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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