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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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