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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the definitive 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 exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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