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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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