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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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