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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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