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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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