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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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