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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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