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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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