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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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