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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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