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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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