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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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