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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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