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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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