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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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