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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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