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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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