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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers 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 assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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