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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions 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 massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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