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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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