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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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