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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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