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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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