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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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