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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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