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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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