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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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