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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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