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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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