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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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