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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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